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Since January 2024, DCYF and DEED have been engaged in the WIOA/SNAP E&T TLR Outreach project. This project has increased capacity for outreach and service to TLRs by connecting them with the full range of workforce services. Each month, DCYF supplies DEED with contact information for 500 TLRs across the state. DEED Careerforce staff conduct outreach calls using a script developed jointly by DCYF and DEED, explaining the resources and benefits available through multiple workforce programs including, but not limited to, SNAP E&T, ACP, and WIOA. DCYF and DEED have also jointly developed an evaluation plan and, beginning January 2025, pre-call texts are sent to TLRs to inform them they will be receiving calls from DEED staff with hopes this will increase the number of TLRs who accept the call. Describe the extent to which the State agency is carrying out SNAP E&T programs in coordination with title I programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Minnesota’s workforce development system is administered by DEED. The Governor’s Workforce Development Board (GWDB) oversees the workforce development system and is responsible for recommending the WIOA State Plan to the governor. Minnesota’s SNAP E&T team consults with, and provides feedback to, the state’s workforce system through 1) our collaborative work with DEED, 2) ongoing engagement with the Governor’s Workforce Development Board (GWDB), Minnesota Association of Workforce Boards (MAWB) and 3) the WIOA planning process. Minnesota maintains two interagency agreements with DEED to ensure that SNAP E&T is fully integrated into new and existing state programming. A member of the DEED staff is permanently assigned to the DCYF SNAP E&T team. DEED also operates an on-ramp to partnership program that provides SNAP E&T programming bundled with state Adult Career Pathways (ACP) and the Minnesota Family Resiliency Partnership grants. A longstanding relationship continuing into FFY 2026 is DEED’s ACP contracting with DCYF to operate a SNAP E&T 50 percent reimbursement program. Placement of SNAP E&T within ACP is a strategic decision, aligning with the GWDB’s 2021 report to the legislature and updated goals. The Office of Adult Career Pathways coordinates employment and training grants to provide adults who traditionally face multiple barriers to employment enhanced training, education, and supportive services to be successful in securing long-term family sustaining wages. In FFY24 and 25, DCYF and DEED staff engaged in the SNAP E&T Policy Academy to Strengthen SNAP E&T Program Delivery. Results of this work include enhanced collaboration between the two agencies via monthly meetings and joint exploration of the viability of Minnesota becoming a Pledge State in FFY26. In addition, SNAP E&T consults with the GWDB, and participates actively in the state’s WIOA planning process. DCYF staff attend monthly meetings of the MAWB as well as consulting with MAWB subcommittees on issues of mutual concern. The MAWB represents workforce boards from all 16 workforce development areas and is a key stakeholder in providing local and regional input to the GWDB and in the state’s WIOA plan. SNAP E&T participated in the development of the state’s approved 2024-2027 WIOA plan. Priority areas of the plan include five state-wide sector partnerships focused on the five most in-demand sectors in Minnesota (known as Drive for 5) which are highly aligned to the historic federal infrastructure investments: the trades, technology, manufacturing, education, and the caring professions. This work is being grounded at the GWDB, with employer-led sector partnerships already established for each of the sectors listed above. Each of the sector partnerships under the GWDB are focused on four key outputs: addressing talent needs, identifying supporting programs, career pathway development, and defining targeted populations and barriers to employment. Is SNAP E&T included as a partner in the State's WIOA Combined Plan? Yes No 1/29/26, 8:18 AM State Plan MN FY26 - Original Submission https://dam-fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/microsite/snapet-mnfy26stateplan//index.html 8/253